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Conferencing, Collaboration and Video Solutions
What Is Conferencing, Collaboration and Video?
Conferencing, collaboration and video removes physical barriers by providing users a more effective and productive means of interacting with each other, partners and customers.
By integrating conferencing, collaboration and video tools into a unified communications (UC) system — via web, audio and video technologies — organizations can achieve instant access to people, documents and resources regardless of location.
How Will Conferencing, Collaboration and Video Solutions Benefit My Business?
Conferencing, collaboration and video solutions can help you to:
Provide employees a more efficient and cost-effective way to communicate
Enhance quality of communication and employee engagement
Increase productivity by enabling easy ways to share and work on documents
How Can I Help My Business Embrace Conferencing, Collaboration and Video Solutions?
When considering conferencing, collaboration and video solutions, it's important to:
Evaluate user communication needs, with whom they communicate, and with what tools
Determine areas that could benefit from an enhanced communications experience
Identify existing and future network bandwidth and communications management needs
What Comprises a Conferencing, Collaboration and Video Solution?
Conferencing, collaboration and video solutions include:
Voice and Data Services
Also known as
telecommunications services
, voice and data services provide access to audio, web, and video communications.
Audio Conferencing
Audio conferencing provides a bridge to facilitate calls between three or more parties.
Web Conferencing
Web conferencing software
and tools allow users to share desktops, presentations and other content with invited participants.
Video Conferencing
Conducting a conference between two or more participants at different sites, using the computer network to transmit audio and video, is generally accomplished in three ways: peer-to-peer, room-to-room/multi-site and high-definition, lifelike conferencing.
Collaboration Software and Tools
Collaboration encompasses a broad range of tools that enable groups of people to work together. Collaboration solutions include
instant messaging
, wikis, blogs, team spaces, web sharing, video and
telephony
.
Getting Started with Conferencing, Collaboration and Video
Your CDW Canada Account Manager is ready to assist you with choosing the right solution for your IT environment. Our approach includes:
An initial discovery session to understand your goals, requirements and budget
An assessment review of your existing environment and definition of project requirements
Detailed vendor evaluations, recommendations, future design and proof of concept
Procurement, configuration and deployment of the final solution
Ongoing product lifecycle support
ACCOUNT MANAGER
To learn more, contact your account manager or call
800.972.3922
.
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